chronic nausea and vomiting

January 11, 2007

Hello to all. It's been several months since I've read any postings here or on

the pre-op board. I've been battling depression and loosing.

I continue to experience episodes of Nausea and Vomiting. On Christmas Eve I

vomited at least 7 times,(mainly bile, very little undigested food) at which

time my family pointed out that this is critical and needs to be addressed.

I had my surgery with Dr. Dasher in North Carolina on August 18 2005. I have

had problems with cyclical N & V since the beginning, but it seems to be quite

severe now. Last nite, I emailed Dr. Rutledge a lengthy description of my

symptoms and today, forwarded a two week food diary to Kim Hazen (to pass on the

the docs). I spoke to Dr. Rutledge a year ago and over a period of weeks the N

& V seemed to improve. I thought the estrogen patches had corrected the

problem, but the N & V returned. I did not follow up with Dr. R. in hopes that

over time it would pass. I seem to go in cycles where I feel quite normal for

sometimes weeks and then cycle back to vomiting 2 times per day on average.

During these periods I have no appetite, often feel quite nauseated and my

intake is quite low. I have been in the N/V cycle for several months now and

it's taking it's toll.

My preop weight was 242-250 and I had lost 120 pounds by my first anniversary.

I have stayed at 123 pounds for several months but dropped down to 120

yesterday. I'm 5 feet 7.5 inches tall. Although I'm a little underweight my

primary concern is my health and nutritional status. I had all of the post-op

blood work drawn again this morning and I have a follow-up appointment with my

Internist on the 24th. My upper GI and gastroscope were normal and negative for

H-Pylori

OK... so what I'm looking for are the post-op MGBers who have had to have

revisions or reversals for chronic nausea or excessive weight loss/malnutrition.

I remember reading about 5 people in the first 1250 patients who required

revision/reversal for excessive weightloss/nausea and I'm sure there have been a

few more since then. Can you share your experiences with me. Thanks so

much... hugs Kim

Kim Nash

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